# Import csv data

**URL:** <https://community.ofelia.com/t/import-csv-data/5547>\
**Category:** Q&A\
**Created:** [21 January 2015 10:04 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/import-csv-data/5547 "2015-01-21T10:04:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![manoj\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@manoj\_5](https://community.ofelia.com/u/manoj_5)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2015 10:04 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/import-csv-data/5547/1 "2015-01-21T10:04:26Z")

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Hi,

Currently I am using bonita BPM 6.4 community version.

Can you anybody tell the steps to import csv data.

Thanks  
Manoj

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**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/community_bonitasoft/original/2X/6/6b7b18c0478f2645369e82e009b65e3b97f2cc12.svg) [@system](https://community.ofelia.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2015 17:01 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/import-csv-data/5547/2 "2015-01-21T17:01:17Z")

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I’m not sure I’m fully understanding your use case but here are some guidelines:

- I would recommend to define a document at process level in order to upload the CSV file ([http://documentation.bonitasoft.com/documents](http://documentation.bonitasoft.com/documents))
- In order to parse the file, I think you can try to adapt the existing CSV connector contribution done for v5 ([http://community.ofelia.com/project/csv-reader-writer](http://community.ofelia.com/project/csv-reader-writer)) to v6 (see [http://documentation.bonitasoft.com/creating-connector](http://documentation.bonitasoft.com/creating-connector)). You should store the connector output as process or step data.
- You can create forms to display the data
- To define which user can perform steps in the process you can use [Actors](http://documentation.bonitasoft.com/product-bos-sp/actors) (association between task and organization) and [Filters](http://documentation.bonitasoft.com/product-bos-sp/actor-filtering) (a piece of code that run when a task is ready in order to produce a list of users that can do the task)
- Modelization of the workflow can be done in Bonita Studio.
- You can developed some custom connector in order to build the required XML or JSON at the end of the process

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**Author:** ![system](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/community_bonitasoft/original/2X/6/6b7b18c0478f2645369e82e009b65e3b97f2cc12.svg) [@system](https://community.ofelia.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2015 11:09 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/import-csv-data/5547/3 "2015-01-21T11:09:53Z")

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Hi,

Can you explain what is your use case? Want do you want to do with the data you import?

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**Author:** ![manoj\_5](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@manoj\_5](https://community.ofelia.com/u/manoj_5)\
**Post date:** [21 January 2015 12:31 UTC](https://community.ofelia.com/t/import-csv-data/5547/4 "2015-01-21T12:31:46Z")

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Hi,

Following is my use case:

- Import a sample CSV file 2 records with 3 fields (Name, email, Partner name)
- Create a form with these fields
- Define users (Operator, Platform Owner)
- Set up Workflow
- At the end of workflow, export data as XML or JSON

Thanks  
Manoj